The chains of habit are too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.
Samuel Johnson (also attributed to Benjamin R. Dejung.
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Small daily habits, unnoticed at first, eventually become impossible to break.
The chains of habit are too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.
Samuel Johnson (also attributed to Benjamin R. Dejung.
Small daily habits, unnoticed at first, eventually become impossible to break.
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